Friday, January 6, 2012

With the pretext of sobriety, the Catholic Cathedral abolishes the Nativity scene

«The decision to abandon the historic Nativity scene of the Cathedral (...) is also an invitation to renew attention also on more obvious traditions, and to overcome what custom has led us to assume, to give up what appears to be necessary in order to focus on what is truly essential». 

This is what is written in the diocesan weekly of Rieti,  in the article that  «explains» to the faithful why this year there is no historical nativity scene in the Cathedral.  And to think that Greccio, the place where St. Francis wanted to create the first nativity scene, is located in the diocese of Rieti!!!

Read more:

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/blog-sacri-palazzi-en/detail/articolo/11334/

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